Head to head
2
Hard
1
4
Clay
0
3
Grass
0
10
Carpet
2
Rod Laver's wins on the left · Arthur Ashe's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (22)
| 1976 | Rotterdam WCT | Carpet | SF | Arthur Ashe | 5-7 7-5 6-2 |
| 1975 | World Invitational Tennis Classic | Clay | SF | Rod Laver | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1975 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1975 | San Juan WCT | Clay | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1974 | Palm Desert WCT | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 6-7(6) 7-6(6) 6-2 |
| 1974 | Tucson | Hard | QF | Arthur Ashe | 7-6 1-6 6-4 |
| 1974 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Carpet | RR | Arthur Ashe | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1974 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1973 | Hilton Head WCT | Clay | QF | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1972 | WCT Aetna World Cup | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-2 3-6 6-4 |
| 1972 | Richmond WCT | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1971 | WCT Finals | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 1971 | Bologna WCT | Carpet | F | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Rome WCT | Clay | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-2 6-1 |
| 1971 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | Fs | Rod Laver | 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-4 |
| 1971 | Tennis Champions Classic | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-5 6-4 6-5 |
| 1971 | Philadelphia WCT | Carpet | SF | Rod Laver | 6-3 7-6(1) 3-6 6-1 |
| 1970 | Masters | Carpet | RR | Rod Laver | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1970 | Los Angeles-2 | Hard | SF | Rod Laver | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1969 | US Open | Grass | SF | Rod Laver | 8-6 6-3 14-12 |
| 1969 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Rod Laver | 2-6 6-2 9-7 6-0 |
| 1968 | Wimbledon | Grass | SF | Rod Laver | 7-5 6-2 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.